The first table below looks at the demand for User Stories skills in IT jobs advertised for the Bedfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average salaries offered in IT jobs that have cited User Stories over the 3 months to 21 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all of the Processes & Methodologies category for the Bedfordshire region.

Location
3 months to
21 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
User Story
Rank 78 73 62
Rank change year-on-year
-5 -11
Permanent jobs citing User Stories 19 8 13
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 1.734% 0.818% 1.542%
As % of the Processes & Methodologies category 2.217% 1.183% 1.857%
Number of salaries quoted 19 6 12
Average salary £40,000 £37,500 £48,750
Average salary % change year-on-year
+6.66% -23.07%
90% offered a salary of more than £37,500 £32,500 £47,500
10% offered a salary of more than £42,700 £41,250 £50,000
UK excluding London average salary £42,500 £40,000 £38,000
% change year-on-year
+6.25% +5.26%
All Processes & Methodologies
Bedfordshire
Permanent IT job ads with a match in the
Processes & Methodologies category
857 676 700
As % of all permanent IT jobs located in Bedfordshire 78.19% 69.12% 83.04%
Number of salaries quoted 772 584 660
Average salary £45,000 £44,000 £41,000
Average salary % change year-on-year
+2.27% +7.31%
90% offered a salary of more than £29,500 £27,500 £31,500
10% offered a salary of more than £65,000 £60,000 £62,500
UK excluding London average salary £40,000 £41,000 £40,000
% change year-on-year
-2.43% +2.50%
User Stories
East of England

User Stories
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of permanent IT jobs citing User Stories across the Bedfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Processes & Methodologies category.

Bedfordshire User Stories Jobs Demand Trend

User Stories
Salary Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for salaries quoted in permanent IT jobs citing User Stories across the Bedfordshire region.

Bedfordshire User Stories Salary Trend

User Stories
Job Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average salaries quoted in IT jobs citing User Stories within the Bedfordshire region over the 3 months to 21 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Permanent
IT Job Ads
Average Salary
Last 3 Months
Average Salary
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Bedford +8 16 £40,000 +45.45%
User Stories
East of England

User Stories
Top 30 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing User Stories also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited User Stories.

1 60 (92.31%) Scrum
2 55 (84.62%) BPMN
3 49 (75.38%) UML
4 48 (73.85%) DSDM
5 37 (56.92%) Business Analysis
6 33 (50.77%) Agile Software Development
7 24 (36.92%) Use Case
8 17 (26.15%) Marketing
9 16 (24.62%) Retail
9 16 (24.62%) E-Commerce
10 13 (20.00%) Microsoft
11 11 (16.92%) Team Foundation Server
11 11 (16.92%) ISEB
12 10 (15.38%) iPad
12 10 (15.38%) Android
13 9 (13.85%) CBAP
14 8 (12.31%) Degree
15 7 (10.77%) SaaS
15 7 (10.77%) Data Modelling
16 5 (7.692%) SQL
17 4 (6.154%) Client/Server
17 4 (6.154%) Performance Management
17 4 (6.154%) JIRA
17 4 (6.154%) Wiki
18 3 (4.615%) Systems Analysis
18 3 (4.615%) QA
18 3 (4.615%) Time Management
18 3 (4.615%) MS Excel
18 3 (4.615%) CRM
18 3 (4.615%) Project Management

User Stories
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 21 May 2013, IT jobs across the Bedfordshire region citing User Stories also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of IT job ads sampled that cited User Stories. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 2 (3.077%) XML
2 1 (1.538%) WCF
2 1 (1.538%) WF
2 1 (1.538%) Silverlight
2 1 (1.538%) .NET Framework
2 1 (1.538%) ASP.NET
2 1 (1.538%) Web Services
2 1 (1.538%) .NET
2 1 (1.538%) WinForms
Applications
1 3 (4.615%) MS Excel
Database & Business Intelligence
1 2 (3.077%) SQL Server
2 1 (1.538%) SQL Server Reporting Services
2 1 (1.538%) Crystal Reports
2 1 (1.538%) Oracle Reports
2 1 (1.538%) RDBMS
Development Applications
1 11 (16.92%) Team Foundation Server
2 4 (6.154%) JIRA
3 1 (1.538%) Visual Studio Team System
3 1 (1.538%) Visual Studio
3 1 (1.538%) PowerBuilder
General
1 17 (26.15%) Marketing
2 16 (24.62%) Retail
Job Titles
1 64 (98.46%) Analyst
2 61 (93.85%) Business Analyst
3 30 (46.15%) Agile Business Analyst
4 12 (18.46%) Team Leader
4 12 (18.46%) Business Analyst Team Leader
5 10 (15.38%) Senior Analyst
5 10 (15.38%) Senior Business Analyst
6 8 (12.31%) Software Team Leader
7 3 (4.615%) Software Test Analyst
7 3 (4.615%) Test Analyst
8 2 (3.077%) Support Analyst
8 2 (3.077%) Development Team Leader
8 2 (3.077%) Business Support Analyst
8 2 (3.077%) Software Development Team Leader
8 2 (3.077%) Lead Business Analyst
8 2 (3.077%) Business Analysis Team Leader
9 1 (1.538%) Developer
Miscellaneous
1 10 (15.38%) iPad
2 7 (10.77%) SaaS
3 4 (6.154%) Client/Server
3 4 (6.154%) Wiki
4 2 (3.077%) NHS
Operating Systems
1 10 (15.38%) Android
2 1 (1.538%) Windows
Processes & Methodologies
1 60 (92.31%) Scrum
2 55 (84.62%) BPMN
3 49 (75.38%) UML
4 48 (73.85%) DSDM
5 37 (56.92%) Business Analysis
6 33 (50.77%) Agile Software Development
7 24 (36.92%) Use Case
8 16 (24.62%) E-Commerce
9 7 (10.77%) Data Modelling
10 4 (6.154%) Performance Management
11 3 (4.615%) Systems Analysis
11 3 (4.615%) Time Management
11 3 (4.615%) CRM
11 3 (4.615%) Project Management
12 2 (3.077%) Kanban
12 2 (3.077%) Product Management
12 2 (3.077%) Continuous Improvement
13 1 (1.538%) Agile Project Management
13 1 (1.538%) TDD
13 1 (1.538%) MVVM
Programming Languages
1 5 (7.692%) SQL
2 2 (3.077%) PL/SQL
3 1 (1.538%) C#
Qualifications
1 11 (16.92%) ISEB
2 9 (13.85%) CBAP
3 8 (12.31%) Degree
Quality Assurance & Compliance
1 3 (4.615%) QA
Vendors
1 13 (20.00%) Microsoft
2 2 (3.077%) Oracle
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Salary: £35000 - £40000 per annum + Benefits
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